Roberts v. Love

Carretón Harris, Chief Justice.

On March 3, 1959, appellant, a practicing attorney of Warren, Arkansas, was notified by a deputy sheriff of Bradley County that Circuit Judge Gr. B. Colvin, Jr., had requested Roberts to appear at the court house. Upon arriving at the court house, appellant found that the Circuit Court was in session, and that A. C. Duncan, a Negro, was charged by Information with the crime of assault with intent to rape, the charge relating to the alleged attempt to rape a white high school girl. Judge Colvin appointed appellant to defend the Negro. After talking to the…